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Thursday, July 11, 2013

BE Beautifully Brillant Holiday Collection A/D #3 from QVC

Note: I apologize in advance for the poor lighting in these photos. It's been raining for at least some part of the day here all week, so I had to contend with dark, cloudy skies every time that I wanted to take pictures. You know, it wasn't until I started this blog that I realized just how terrible the lighting in my house is... I really should do something about that. I'm planning on getting a photo tent and light kit so if anyone has suggestions, feel free to share.

I’m always happy when the UPS man shows up at my door with
the latest installment of a QVC TSV.

This week, he delivered the latest kit in the bareMinerals
Beautifully Brilliant Holiday Collection, which is called Fortune Found. While
I get a lot of beauty-related TSVs, it always seems like the bareMinerals (and
Tarte) ones are my favorites.This one
is another hit for me, though I do have a somewhat serious problem with it that
I mentioned in my review of the second installment.

The Perfect Light
Mineral Veil is the constant in all the installments of this TSV, and it’s
a perfectly nice finishing powder. I haven’t used the brushes, but BE’s brushes
are nice enough, though definitely not the softest I’ve ever used. I actually
like the bronze clutch (which I somehow forgot to take a photo of; sorry!) quite a bit, and think you could honestly use it for an
evening out.

The Ready Shadow 4.0 in The Discovery is absolutely
beautiful. It contains four colors: Spotlight, a shimmery ivory; Fortune, a
matte seashell pink; Truffle, a metallic brown; and Eureka, a metallic moss
green.

(Please allow me to get a little PSA on you now – if you
haven’t tried the BE Ready Shadows, please do.They are absolutely lovely – the texture, the pigmentation, the staying
power, all of it is just perfect. In the past couple of years, they’ve
definitely become one of my favorite high end shadows (along with The Balm's) without question.)

I really like this combination of shades, but once again, BE
has taken shades from previous palettes and reused them here. I mentioned this
practice in my review of the TSV’s second installment, but it still bugs me. I
actually already have Spotlight, which was in one of the holiday palettes that
came out last year, and Truffle, which is in the Ready Eyeshadow 8.0 in The
Finer Things which came out last year

Now, as far as repeats go, these are the worst shades for me
to have duplicates of – Spotlight is an ideal shimmery inner corner or brow
bone highlight so I use it plenty, and Truffle is a bronze-y brown that really
makes my blue eyes pop so I reach for that plenty too.

It’s the principle of the matter, though.

The Ready Liner Shadow 2.0 in The Hide & Seek features
Quest, a rich dark brown with extremely subtle shimmer; and Query, a matte
blackened eggplant.

They’re both nice as liners, but for me, Query is the real
standout – a pretty, soft alternative to standard black.

Ready Shadow Liner 2.0 in The Hide & Seek (l. to r.): Quest & Query

The Marvelous Mauve Blush is a lovely shade but somewhat
difficult to describe. It definitely has mauve undertones as its name
indicates, but it’s also somewhat rosy.It’s gorgeous and looks really natural on the cheeks. I’m not sure that
it would show up well on darker skin tones, though you could probably layer it
for a more intense look.

bareMinerals Blush in Marvelous Mauve

bareMinerals Blush in Marvelous Mauve

The Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Future Star is a creamy
melon shade. While it’s somewhat sheer, it definitely shows up on my lips and
is a nice pop of color when paired with the other darker/muted shades in the
collection.

bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Future Star

bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss in Future Star

As with the previous kits, BE also includes instructions for
two different looks using the colors in the kit. I always find these little
tutorials helpful since I can sometimes lack creativity when it comes to
pairing shades (I almost always just go lightest shade on lid, mid-tone in
crease, and darkest shade in outer V).

BE Suggested Look #1

BE Suggested Look #2

All in all, I think the shades in this kit are a winner. I
just wish BE hadn’t gone the duplicate route with half of the shades in the
shadow quad.

FYI -- There is a fourth (and final) kit in this TSV series that will ship out in October.

What do you think of the colors in this kit? Are you as
crazy as the Ready shadows as I am?

wow, so envious of this kit! i wish QVC still shipped to canada, or at least that 'the shopping channel' would partner with BareMinerals and offer great opportunities like this to canadians too! *pout*I really like the quad the discovery- i have 8.0 palettes only at this time, but need to add some 4.0 palettes to the collection too! :)

That stinks about QVC not shipping to Canada.:P These kits really are such amazing values. If you like neutral/natural colors, I'd definitely recommend the 4.0 in The Truth. If you prefer a little more color, I also love the 4.0 in The Elements. Both are gorgeous!

I subscribe to QVC's Insider Magazine, which gives advance ordering info for some TSVs which means I usually get them earlier. Whenever I do, I try to get a review up ASAP so people are aware of the deal ahead of time so keep an eye out in the future. I'll always share whatever info I've got. :)